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getting lashes tinted tomorrow, hair done on friday
Lunch with beanz on Friday, and dinner out fri and sat night
woohoo
(should I fast for the next 48 hours/)
About time you spent time on yourself, have a lovely time.
xx
Delia - sorry about my RHR. I could stop running for a few months and take up smoking again, and I'm sure it would go up
Also, on a more serious note, I've been trying to do other things rather than just running in my training, things like spinning classes at the gym (and I play netball) do any of you think this is a good or a bad idea? Should I just be running?.... help!
Like Debbo my RHR is 48, haven't taken it for a while now.
Delia it was an out and back route I did and its slightly downhill on the way out and then of course its slightly uphill on the way back. Only met one cyclist the whole time as well, great.
Delia - I think cross training is a good idea (I'm doing a little time on the exercise bike to save my knee and ankle) but I think the advice is to make sure that running remains your main activity.
My schedule (the RW beginners) proposes a recovery week with only a 45 min long run on Sunday. I had been planning to do 12 miles after my tenner last weekend. I'm a bit nervous about cutting back given the time I lost in training last summer and autumn. What do people think? On the other hand I am a bit knackered at the moment.
Hippo - enjoy your pampering! I'm going to stand in the rain and watch the local rugby on Friday night. Might have a few sneaky visits to the beer tent tho' ....
Delia---i think if you are training for FLM, then my advice to you would be to concentrate on running alone
youll get tired enough with the long runs and you will need your rest days
Its not that ive had a rough time--its just work, and its an ongoing situation-nearly 2 years now
Im having my lashes dyed blue -black
Used to have this done regularly in londodn, along with facials
Now, well some days its all i can do to wash my hair
Jane M - how do you manage to go running twice a day so often?!! I struggle to drag myself out 5 times a week.
Delia - I'm not an expert in these things, but I think it's considered good to mix a few other things into your training. Having said that, I do nothing but run, so maybe should do some other stuff?! I do t'ai chi once a week, but I think that's too sedate to count!
:-)
Doctor Sam - do you find doing some cycling helps your knees then? My knees are rubbish and I fancy getting my bike out but I'm worried it will make them worse.
And I have hill training this afternoon. Eek.
:-)
good luck with the hill training.
Grubbysoles...glad I'm not the only newbie! We can panic and then celebrate together! Keep me posted if you come up with anything good, or any inspirational ideas! (I'll do the same!)
Managed 4 miles last night on the treadmill, incredibly slowly, and scheduled 8 tonight if I can face it. Not 100% happy with my left shin still but it's getting better.
re. Cross-training, I do far too much, training with my OH who's got European Masters Swimming in Sweden in August and a Lands End to John O'Groats bike ride planned for this summer. However I think just running would bore me pretty quickly so I mix up running, swimming, cycling/spinning and gym work in a crazy routine at the moment, sometimes drop a running session if I've done other things that day, or drop one of the other sessions and sit and read old back copies of runners world that are lying around at the gym while OH going off and does his thing.
so this morning was Swimming from 6.30-7.45, after work hoping to get 8 miles in, then spinning if I get back from the run in time followed by a second swim session which I might swap out of or exchange for some abs/core strength work in the gym.
Pretty exhausted but I can't seem to wear him out at the moment ;-)
I do think that the cross training helps with the balance and helps avoid some injuries though. But it's all down to what suits the individual in the end.
I think I just need to find a happy medium for my cross training as I'm a bit nervous of burning out. It seems to be ok at the moment though, and at least this way I'm not getting bored of running at all!!
I don't really do any cross trainng, except Judo and there is a competition in March, but I can't go as I cannot risk the injury, it's a shame as it's a good chance to fight outside the club, but hey...
Jsut a quick question ofr anyone really - I picked up a blister on my right foot, near my instep and am wondering when I should go out again. It is healing really well but am not sure if I shoudl wait for it to heal completly or go aout again.. I a bit wary about having to take more time off from running. Any thoughts would be good! - Thanks
As you can all tell from my popping up every five mins....I am a bit bored at work!!! Anybody want to give me a job!???!
Personally I run through my blisters. Do you know why you blistered this time?
I cover the blister with a blister plaster then strap it in place with zinc tape and then slather it in vasoline.
Jane M and Red Haired Girl - you are both just Hardcore! I feel like a fat, lazy slob now!
And I still haven't gone hill training.
I'm going.
Right now.
Hmmm...
I don't usually suffer from blisters, but this was the longest I had run in these shoes (or others come to that!) and I got a blister on the inside edge of my instep. Looking at the shoes I think it is where the shoes lining meets the sides. It's a weird place but healing nicely. I just have to figure out now whether it is the shoes or those shoes with those socks, if you see what I mean.
I shall go out tomorrow and take it steady. Won't be able to get out this evening, so another rest day... that's three this week!
ts - re blister -it often happens in a race as you run harder than usual, you're right it's trial and error with the sock/shoe thing.
Finding it tough at the moment felt great last week now going thru a very horrible i cant do this patch
I don't get blisters, or hardly ever, but commiserate because Mr Debbo gets terrible ones.
Pixie - glad to hear you are back running again - you'll soon be back to where you were.